Kings of the Wyld
Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best - the meanest, dirtiest, most feared and admired crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld. But their glory days are long past; the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk - or a combination of the three. Then a former...
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Clay Cooper and his band were once the best of the best - the meanest, dirtiest, most feared and admired crew of mercenaries this side of the Heartwyld.
But their glory days are long past; the mercs have grown apart and grown old, fat, drunk - or a combination of the three. Then a former bandmate turns up at Clay's door with a plea for help: his daughter Rose is trapped in a city besieged by an enemy horde one hundred thousand strong and hungry for blood. Rescuing Rose is the kind of impossible mission that only the very brave or the very stupid would sign up for.
It's time to get the band back together for one last tour across the Wyld.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780356509020 (0356509028)
Publish date: 2017-02-23
Publisher: Orbit
Pages no: 528
Edition language: English
This book was highly recommended throughout the fantasy book blogosphere over the winter - it was published in February - and I think it's the author's first book. Anyway, I quite enjoyed it!Kings of the Wyld is one one of the new flavours of fantasy, mixing grimdark with humour with epic and of co...
Wisst ihr, wie ich auf „Kings of the Wyld“ von Nicholas Eames aufmerksam wurde? Auf dem Cover steht „The Boys Are Back In Town“. Ich dachte sofort an den berühmten Thin Lizzy – Song. Assoziationen von Sex, Drugs and Rock’n‘Roll schwirrten wild durch meinen Kopf und als ich las, dass die Geschichte v...
Swords monsters and treasure oh my! Smart, hilarious and fun. Highly recommended.